- Two mosquito species that carry the dangerous Zika virus may inhabit a wider range of North America than previously thought.
- A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the potential range of the Aedes aegypti mosquito blanketing the southern U.S. and reaching as far north as San Francisco, Kansas City, and NYC.
- The likely extent of another Zika-carrying mosquito species, Aedes albopictus, stretches across the Southwest and covers most of the eastern U.S., including northern New England, according to a study by the CDC.
- Related tickers: SNY, INO, AEMD, XON, CEMI, BCRX, TMO, OTCQB:GOVX